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biotech seeds. Harvesting
Biotech seeds increase crop yields
and decrease the need for certain
pesticides. But what's less well known is
what that means to farmers' lives - and
their communities - in developing and
newly industrialized countries.
A recent study showed biotech corn
can increase farmer profits in the
Philippines by as much as 48 percent. *
Farmer Rosalie Ellasus speaks from
experience. "I've increased my corn yield,
from 3.2 metric tons per hectare with
traditional seeds to 7.8 metric tons with
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biotech corn seeds," she says, "... and I
now send my children to quality schools."
C live James, who authored the
report, says biotech corn provides the
developing world "safer and more
affordable food and feed ... alleviating
the hunger and malnutrition that claim
24,000 lives a day in Asia, Africa and
Latin America."
Producing more. Conserving
more. Improving farmers' lives. That's
sustainable agriculture. And that's what
Monsanto is all about.
Learn more at: www.Produce\lloreConserveMore.com
PRODUCING MORE
*ISAA Brief 39: Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops 2008
CONSERVING MORE
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on $1.25 per day.
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